Sexual Differentiation of the Brain

Encyclopedia of Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 745-750

  Zuloaga, D G ^a   Jordan, C L ^a   Breedlove, S M ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgen; Arginine vasopressin; Bulbocavernosus; Complete androgen insensitivity syndrome; Congenital adrenal hyperplasia; Dimorphism; Estrogen; Feminization; Lordosis; Masculinization; Medial amygdala; Organizational hypothesis; Preoptic area; Receptor:Sex; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955780081     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-008045046-9.01200-6     Document Type: Chapter

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